Dear Gardening Friend and The Community,

I just would like to promote this very good smelling pine trees from the mountain province in the Philippines, particularly in Baguio City .
We have those pine trees a long time ago, i dont know if its originally from Baguio but its been there for a long time.
Commonly known as BENGUET PINE ( pinus kesiya ) ( pinus insularis ) are best for subdivisions , greenbelt , hiking trail, man made forest.
The lowest temperature in Baguio would be 10'C, i have no idea up to what hardiness this pine tree could withstand .
The CENRO , DENR offices IN BAGUIO CITY are the ones in charge of the propagation of these species.
Thank you and happy planting to all🌲➖➖➖➖➖➖➖🔲🔺105

10c is 50f. I don't think this tree would even survive in Hawaii or Florida.

Please see for (Pinus insularis) areas in the US they are already grown.
https://davesgarden.com/guides...

It seems to be a few degrees less cold hardy than the Pinus paulstris sold as temporary indoor Christmas trees presently. I thought maybe it would make a better Christmas pine inside the house with a stronger scent (or maybe even as a bonsai), but then I find that P. kesiya changes to adult foliage much earlier. So it wouldn't work.
https://botany.cz/en/pinus-kes...
See the fifth photo.